Card-file.



C. ZIMMERLI.

Patented Oct. 22, 1901.

CARD FILE.

(Application filed Jan. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QE ICE.

CHARLES ZIMMERLI, or ROCHESTER, NEw YORK.

CARD- FILE.

SEESKFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent 684,899, dated October 22,1.901.

. Application filed January 19, 1900. Serial No. 2,062. (No model) 7 iTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ZIMMERLI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of NewYork, have invented an Improved Card.- File, of which, the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction ofcard-files,whereby the same are simplified and cheapened.

My improvements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereofbeing specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my improved card-file, Figure1 is a plan View. Fig. 2 is a side View. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a trans verse section. Fig. 5 representsone of the cards detached. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through thefollower. Fig. 7 represents a portion of the interior of the casing.Fig. 8 is a partial rear View of the follower. Fig. 9 is an invertedview of the follower. Fig. 10 is a horizontal section of the follower onthe line 10 10, Fig. 6. Fig. 11 is a perspective View of theretaining-strap.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the side frames, and B and Othe front and inner end of a tray of any suitable shape or dimensions.On the bottom D of this tray I fasten a strip of wood E, runninglengthwise, and on this strip I attach the metallic bar F, notched onone edge, as shown at'G, and provided with diagonal slots H, engagingscrews I, the arrangement being such that when the bar is drawn outwardit shifts laterally, as indicated by the full and dotted lines inFig. 1. At its outer end the bar F is pro- Vided with a suitable hook orhandpiece J. At its inner end the baris turned up, as indicated at K,and a spring L, attached to the end 0, bears against the lug K and drawsthe bar inward constantly. Provision is made for holding the bar in itsoutward position in any suitable way, such as by thenotch K in one edge,which engages at L, Fig. 1, with the end of a slot in the plate N,attached to the front. This plate may also serve as a label-holder.

The strip E is beveled on one sideand recessed on the other, asindicated in the sectional view at O, Fig. 4. Thecards P are providedwith notches of substantially the form shown at Q, Fig. 5. When it isdesired to insert or remove one or more of the cards,

the bar F is drawn outward, thereby shifting it laterally andpractically narrowing the width of the parts which engage-in the notchesQ and hold the cards in place. l

The follower R is arrangedso that it may be shifted lengthwise'of thedrawer to adjust it to any number of cards which may be placed on file.It is provided with a recess in its lower side, which fits over thestrip and bar, as shown in Fig. 6, and it is provided with a plate S,Fig. 8, which engages with the notches G in the bar. The follower may beshifted forward without operating the bar;

but in order to move it backward the bar is retracted laterally, thusdisengaging the teeth G from the plate S.

The recess inthe lower side of the follower is provided with the springT, Figs. 6, 9, and 10, which engages in the longitudinal groove 0 in theside of the strip E and prevents the follower from being detachedtherefrom, except by a lateral movement, compressing the spring when thenotched bar is in its retracted position. This spring may be of anysuitable shape or construction. As shown it consists of a flattenedloop, with the end secured in a transverse slot in the follower. ,Inorder to prevent the drawer from being pulled out of its casing, I applyon one or both sides the inward, as indicated at Y, Figs. 2 and 11,.

and a notch Z is out in the upper edge of the bent portion, in which theplate V engages.

-When it is desired to remove the drawer," it

is lifted upward after being drawn out, when the lugs Y pass downwardthrough the notches X. A plate A, Figs. 1 and 7, attached to the casing,holds the strap in the groove, audit is provided with a spring-tongue13, which engages in the notch C, Fig. 1, at the inner end of the strapand prevents it from being drawn out of the groove lengthwise. D is anangular piece between the front and the cards, designed to facilitatethe handling of the latter.

I claim- 1. The herein-described card-locking device for card-files,consisting of the beveled strip and the laterally and longitudinallymovable notched bar, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with a series of cards having expanded notches, of astrip beveled on one side and grooved lengthwise on the other adapted tobe passed through said expanded notches, and the laterally andlongitudinally movable notched bar, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with a series of cards having expanded notches,of thebeveled strip,

seems having expanded notches,of the beveled strip, and the laterallymovable lockin g bar attached thereto and provided with the diagonalslots, as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination with a series of cards having expanded notches, ofthe beveled strip, the laterally-movable locking-bar attached to thestrip by pins passing through diagonal slots,and the spring for movingthe barlengthwise, as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination with a series of cards having expanded notches,ofthebeveled strip, the laterally-movable locking-bar, attached to the stripby pins passing through diagonal slots, the spring for moving the barlengthwise, and a suitable catch for holding the bar in its retractedposition, as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, in a card-file, of the strip beveled on one side andgrooved lengthwise on the other, and the follower having a notch fittingthe strip, and provided with a spring engaging in the groove, as and forthe purposes set forth.

' CHARLES ZIMMERLI.

Witnesses:

ADOLF R. ZIMMERLI, GEO. B. SELDEN.

